A 61-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police searched a Broomfield massage parlor they have been investigating since early this year.

Police were at the Spring Spa, 1004 Depot Hill Road, Suite 1D, for hours Wednesday, with at least nine department employees coming and going and a crime scene truck on scene.

In a press release issued after the Enterprise made multiple calls seeking information on what was happening at the spa, police said Kuaglan Zhang, 61, was arrested on suspicion of prostitution. She was taken to Broomfield County jail. Her bond has not yet been set.

An employee of a nearby business in the strip mall said officers arrived at the spa around noon. Police personnel were seen carrying brown paper bags out of the spa to the crime scene truck.

The same employee said men were often seen coming and going after the spa's posted business hours, but said no one had seen anything illegal. The spa advertises “free table showers and sauna” in its front window.

Other employees for businesses in the strip mall said their suspicions were raised by men, one at a time, going in through the back door, often late at night. The men always parked across the street and walked to the spa, they said.

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"They would usually drive around a few times before they would park on the side or in the back and then nervously walk to the spa," said Beth Ridgeway, co-owner of the former Thick N Thin Studio that occupied a space in the strip mall.

Ridgeway said she is relieved that an arrest has been made at Spring Spa.

A woman was seen being led away from Spring Spa in handcuffs on Wednesday afternoon. (Courtesy photo)

She said her customers would sometimes ask about what went on at the spa.Broomfield Police were looking into the concerns earlier this year, she said.

"A detective walked into our studio in February, and we just told them everything we'd seen," she said.

The Enterprise was alerted to their concerns about the spa in February, but police at that time would not confirm they were conducting an investigation.

Spring Spa is listed on a website that features reviews of massage parlors billed as offering "erotic" services.

The last massage parlor raid in Broomfield was in 2008, when police raided Tokyo Sauna, 555 Highway 287, Unit L, on Aug. 6. The spa owner, an employee and a customer were arrested for activities related to prostitution. Tokyo Sauna, which police said opened in mid-July, was closed after the raid.

Police on Wednesday were not sure if Zhang was an employee of or an owner of the spa. Spring Spa is owned by a limited liability corporation, named Spring Spa, Depot Hill, according to Colorado Secretary of State's Office records. It was incorporated in 2009 under a different name. As recently as August 2012, Zhang was listed as the registered agent for the LLC. The registered agent was changed to Rod A. Erbertowski in February.

A search of Department of Regulatory Agencies did not reveal a license for Zhang. All massage therapists must be licensed by DORA.